Another vehicle scammer posting fake RV/camper ads on craigslist.
These vehicle scammers will usually claim that a "shipper" or "mover" will drive the RV/camper to you, if you send payment first - and they will only accept payment through Amazon Pay, ApplePay/iTunes cards, wire transfer (Western Union, Moneygram) reloadable card or gift card (Vanilla, Green Dot/Moneypak) - untraceable payment methods which are like sending cash and cannot be reversed.
Or they will send a fake email or link supposedly from Amazon, PayPal, or eBay (phony "buyer protection plan").
They only want to be contacted by email or text. Usually they will claim to be overseas in the military, or on an oil rig (coming up with any excuse to avoid meeting you - they are likely to be in another country), or will tell you a sob story about the RV's owner having just died. The price they quote is far lower than its book value ($2000-4000 for an RV that usually sells at over $20,000+).
The scam craigslist ad will probably have one or more of the following features, to bypass CL's spam filters as the scammers post in several cities' craigslists at once:
A lot of white space below the photos and text; Superfluous text at the bottom having nothing to do with the ad (copy/pasted from other CL ads, or a random Wikipedia article); random words/letters/characters added to the subject line; Random characters/symbols/words added to the subject line, or subject is in aLtErNaTiNg CaPs; An email address (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook or other free email) or phone number (not a number of an established dealer) on the photo of the RV/camper. The photo of the RV/camper is stretched, squeezed or skewed at an angle.
Never send money for any vehicle (RV, car, truck, motorcycle, boat) without inspecting it in person! If the seller cannot meet you in person, he may well be a scammer.
FLAG the fake ads and help remove them, by clicking "prohibited" at the top of the scam CL ad (next to the "reply" button).
Another vehicle scammer posting fake RV/camper ads on craigslist.
These vehicle scammers will usually claim that a "shipper" or "mover" will drive the RV/camper to you, if you send payment first - and they will only accept payment through Amazon Pay, ApplePay/iTunes cards, wire transfer (Western Union, Moneygram) reloadable card or gift card (Vanilla, Green Dot/Moneypak) - untraceable payment methods which are like sending cash and cannot be reversed.
Or they will send a fake email or link supposedly from Amazon, PayPal, or eBay (phony "buyer protection plan").
They only want to be contacted by email or text. Usually they will claim to be overseas in the military, or on an oil rig (coming up with any excuse to avoid meeting you - they are likely to be in another country), or will tell you a sob story about the RV's owner having just died. The price they quote is far lower than its book value ($2000-4000 for an RV that usually sells at over $20,000+).
The scam craigslist ad will probably have one or more of the following features, to bypass CL's spam filters as the scammers post in several cities' craigslists at once:
A lot of white space below the photos and text; Superfluous text at the bottom having nothing to do with the ad (copy/pasted from other CL ads, or a random Wikipedia article); random words/letters/characters added to the subject line; Random characters/symbols/words added to the subject line, or subject is in aLtErNaTiNg CaPs; An email address (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook or other free email) or phone number (not a number of an established dealer) on the photo of the RV/camper. The photo of the RV/camper is stretched, squeezed or skewed at an angle.
Never send money for any vehicle (RV, car, truck, motorcycle, boat) without inspecting it in person! If the seller cannot meet you in person, he may well be a scammer.
FLAG the fake ads and help remove them, by clicking "prohibited" at the top of the scam CL ad (next to the "reply" button).